LG announced this evening that its “next major smartphone” is going to rock one of its new next-generation FullVision POLED displays. They are talking about the LG V30, of course, which should be announced at the end of August at an event during IFA.

In the press release, LG said that the display will weigh in at 6-inches and a QHD resolution, but the body of this “next major smartphone” will actually end up smaller than last year’s V20 because of the trimmed bezels. The V20 had a 5.7-inch QHD with secondary ticker, so that means we are getting a bigger display in a smaller, more manageable body. When compared to the V20, LG shrunk the top bezel by 20% and the lower bezel by 50%.

Additionally, LG said that the POLED material will allow them to curve the edges of the display and make for a better feeling, more ergonomic design. Because the P in POLED stands for plastic, we’ll also get a more durable display that LG decided to further strengthen by covering it with Gorilla Glass 5.

This is the first POLED display that LG has used since 2015’s G Flex 2, a phone that had promise, but felt a bit cheap and performed pretty poorly, leading to one of our harshest reviews ever. That was over two years ago, though, and LG has now really fine-tuned the performance of its flagships while incorporating premium materials. The LG V30 will not be another G Flex – it should be a good one.

I should also point out that this will more than likely be the display used in the LG-made Pixel XL 2. We know that because Google supposedly made (or at least attempted to make) a substantial investment in LG’s OLED production. That investment along with the rumored decision to dump HTC for this year’s XL and go with LG leaves little doubt that we’ll see a POLED in a Google phone this year.

That would only be if it were a completely flat square screen. The rounded corners and curved sides will take away even more real estate. Even if it were completely flat for watching videos the letterboxing would make it the size of a 5.3″ 16:9 screen.

That’s what I was about to say. 2:9 out of that 18:9 is wasted space most places. The industry isn’t going to change the standard any time soon. The only thing that 18:9 displays do well is better display LOTR at 2.35:1 superwide cinema ratio.

cucabueno

is POLED similar to AMOLED where the blacks are truly black (absence of color)?

They’re roughly the same thing. The AM in AMOLED stands for Active-Matrix, while the P in POLED stands for Plastic.

Both are Active-Matrix (passive-matrix exists but isn’t generally used in smartphones and such), LG is using the P- prefix to highlight that the display uses a plastic substrate, which can be easily curved and is significantly more impact-resistant than the normally-used glass. It should be nearly impossible to break a POLED screen from say, dropping the phone (the digitizer/touchscreen however…is still made of Gorilla Glass 5, and thus still breakable).

droidbeat

“Dumping” HTC from the XL was a mistake, along with that tall, skinny aspect. Will skip the new Pixel this year. Hope they make up for it next year.

I bet my phone bucks on there not being one this time around. Hope I’m wrong, but I decided to go Moto Z2 Play due to the ability to “add” battery” instantly in lieu of replacing a battery, which I had shoddy results with on my V10 for years. The batteries discharged at different rates, so the phone would just randomly shut off at 10% left sometimes. Plus, it takes 2 minutes full cycle to replace the battery, which is sometimes not useful.

“premium materials” – I still cringe every time I read this in mobile phone news.

Teaser looks nice. If the edge isn’t too curved like on Samsung phones, it should be a big hit. Camera needs to perform though. I don’t care if it has 4 different lens setups on the back. If they’re all mediocre, DOA for me. The G6 is nice, and I like the screen real estate and manual control options, but if I know I’m going to want to take nice pictures on any given day in a variety of lighting conditions, I leave it at home and take my Pixel every time. When the Pixel 2 comes out, I’ll likely get that too (assuming the camera will be just as good or better), and likely sell the G6 even though it’s newer.

The substrate is plastic (bottom) allowing it to be thinner than the glass equivalent. In this case, it appears the top will be protected by Gorilla Glass 5 (so, yeah, it could still shatter the top layer).

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Tom Ireland

Uh, isn’t that exactly what I said below? (I mean, EXACTLY).

Rampancy

Upvoted out of principle.

IAMTHEL33KER

stealing your comments? what a bad guy

asianrage

I still don’t understand the idea behind a curved (corners) screen.

Orion

While my next phone can be either the Pixel XL 2 or the Note 8, I haven’t even thought about the V30. From the renders, the screen size looks perfect and not tall and skinny like the N8. I would have seriously consider this if the software would be better.

JSo

I have always found the “V” series to be really nice. To me, it will be between this and the next Pixel. Leaning more towards the Pixel though.

Butane87

So I assume the “P” stands for plastic? No thanks. If that’s the case.

Tom Ireland

Not on the top surface, that is Gorilla Glass 5,. The substrate is plastic (bottom) allowing it to be thinner than the glass equivalent.

blackmagick20

Obviously you didn’t read the article…

editorinchimp

After the way LG denied the bootlooping of the V10 and then abandoned it after six months, they owe everyone that bought one a V30.

JSo

From what I hear, they have been giving people with the issue a replacement. Even the Nexus 5X, which also had the issue, they have been giving replacements.

Big EZ

I sure wish I could’ve gotten replacements for my dead G3 and two G4’s. They were amazing phones untill they died. The two G4’s both died within 6 months.

Big EZ

Also, the G3 and G4’s. They were prone to hardware failure.

Ralph Luciano Padro Jr.

My G2, G3, G4, and G5 worked pretty well. I only ended up going for the V20 last year because business demanded it.

MadMartigan

My V10 still works great, so maybe not everyone….

PoisonApple31

That’s just not the way the reality works, sweetheart.

seattle tech

Lg’s new 6th Gen Oled that finally became available. Yup Google’s skip in line to get these for the pixel 2.

Just slightly curved edges I’d imagine, not like Samsung. If you look at the pictures included, they are from LG and they show just subtle edge rounding.

MrOrange645

Even the original Pixel and Pixel XL had subtly curved edges.

rocketlog

I think a slightly curved edge (as shown in the photo) would make swiping from the edge a bit mo smooth, not that I’d benefit from it… because I like to use protective cases with protruding fronts to protect the screen when it gets dropped face down.

Cogito

This right here. Curved screens are the bane of good cases and not shattering your display when you inevitably drop it.

Good_Ole_Pinocchio

I mean if the dominant Smartphone maker is selling tons of it it’s not a gimmick. You may not like it, but that within itself doesn’t matter

Ryan Batty

If it adds no functionality for a phone and has some fancy marketing term, it’s a gimmick IMO

h4rr4r

They would sell tons of them either way.

JSo

It’s the way phones are going. And personally, I find the more bezeless, curved phones to look really nice. I’m sure a lot of others do too. Might as well get used to it.

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ChrisI

Do you get your buying decisions on if a phone looks nice?

JSo

It’s one of the things I think about. It’s not on the top of my list but if I’m going to look at something multiple times a day, it would be better if it looked nice.

ChrisI

Got it thanks. I’ve been trying to find the people that make me lose my removable/expandable batteries so that something “looks nice”. I found one! 👍😀

No_Ledge

Count me in. I’d rather have a good looking phone with a non-removable battery.

ChrisI

Unbelievable.

Zach P30

you’ve gotta remember that the vast majority of people [aka non-tech enthusiasts] never cared about a removable battery. they’d all rather have an attractive device than an uglier one with a removable battery. sure having a removable battery is nice, but since the vast majority of people never swap batteries anyway, it’s not a loss to them – if anything it’s a gain because they’re phone is more attractive. look at it this way: if you’re a company trying to make money, you’re always going to want to appeal more to the majority rather than to the minority, and in this case, it means saying goodbye to the removable battery era.